Cardiovascular genetics for clinicians / edited by P.A. Doevendans and A.A.M. Wilde.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Doevendans, Pieter A.

Wilde, A. A. M.

Series:

Developments in cardiovascular medicine ; v. 239.

Developments in cardiovascular medicine ; v. 239

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cardiovascular system--Diseases--Genetic aspects.

Cardiovascular system.

Cardiovascular Diseases--genetics.

Genetic Predisposition to Disease.

Cardiovascular system--Diseases.

Medical Subjects:

Cardiovascular Diseases--genetics.

Genetic Predisposition to Disease.

Physical Description:

xxii, 221 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2001]

Contents:

1. Molecular Genetics in Cardiology / M.M.A.M. Mannens, H.J.M. Smeets 1

2. Clinical Genetics / J.P. van Tintelen, C. Marcelis, I.M. van Langen 13

3. Genetics of Congenital Heart Disease / P. Grossfeld 29

Atherosclerosis

4. Genetics of Hypertension / A.A. Kroon, W. Spiering, P.W. de Leeuw 35

5. Lipoproteins and Atherosclerosis / J.C. Defesche, J.J.P. Kastelein 51

6. Homocysteine, Genetic Determinants and Cardiovascular Risk / F.F. Willems, G.H.J. Boers, H.J. Blom 59

7. Genetic Markers of Hemostatic Factors / D. Girelli, O. Olivieri, R. Corrocher 71

8. The Pharmacogenetics of Atherosclerosis / J.W. Jukema, W.R.P. Agema 89

Connective Tissue Disorder

9. Molecular Diagnosis of the Marfan Syndrome / P.N. Robinson 101

10. Williams-Beuren Syndrome ans Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis / L. Perez Jurado 111

Cardiomyopathy

11. Mitochondrial Cardiomyopathy / R.J.E. Jongbloed, B.J.C. van den Bosch, I.F.M. de Coo, H.J.M. Smeets 127

12. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy / L. Carrier, R.J.E. Jongbloed, H.J.M. Smeets, P.A. Doevendans 139

13. Dilated Cardiomyopathy / C. Marcelis, P.A. Doevendans, G. Bonne 155

Arrhythmias

14. Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation / A.A Wilde 169

15. Diagnosis and Treatment of the Congenital Long QT Syndrome / X.H.T. Wehrens, M.A. Vos, A.A. Wilde 177

16. Atrial Fibrillation / R. Brugada, R. Roberts 191

17. Genetics of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy / A. Rampazzo, G. Thiene, C. Basso, A. Nava, G.A. Danieli 199

Future of Genetics

18. Genome Research and Future Healthcare / G.B. van Ommen 211.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1402000979

OCLC:

48046284